Swedish Golf Tour

The Swedish Golf Tour (SGT) for men is a domestic professional golf tour, established in 1984 and operated by Svenska Golftourerna AB, owned equally by the Swedish Golf Federation and the PGA of Sweden. The tour is designed to help Swedish golfers to reach the standard of play needed to qualify for the European Tour or the Challenge Tour.

Swedish Golf Tour
Current season, competition or edition:
2020 Swedish Golf Tour
SportGolf
Founded1983
FounderSwedish Golf Fereration and PGA of Sweden
Inaugural season1984
CountriesBased in Sweden.
Current schedule includes tournaments in Spain, Norway and Finland.
Most titlesOrder of Merit titles:
2 – Per-Arne Brostedt, Mats Hallberg
Tournament wins:
9 – Mats Lanner
Official websitehttps://golf.se/moregolfmastercardtour

The events on SGT are included in the Nordic Golf League, which is one of four European Tour-recognised third-tier tours, and is run in collaboration by the national golf associations of Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. The four third-level tours carry Official World Golf Ranking points.[1]

In 2020, the men's Swedish Golf Tour is officially named the MoreGolf Mastercard Tour and includes 17 scheduled tournaments, held in four different countries, beginning in February and ending in October.[2] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 schedule, as for all golf tours, has been subject to change. The Swedish Golf Federation and the PGA of Sweden decided on June 2, that the 2020 tour will restart July 2-4 with Katrineholm Open hosted by Robert Karlsson at Katrineholm Golf Club. Only two scheduled tournaments in Spain in February took place before a three months break.[3]

Each year, usually in October, a qualifying school tournament is held, which gives players an opportunity to qualify for the SGT.

The developing tour to the SGT is the Future Series, with a minimum prize fund of SEK 50,000 per tournament 2020. The Future Series Ranking, gives players the opportunity to qualify for the SGT.

The Swedish Golf Tour for women was established in 1986 and is run by the same organization.

See also

References
  1. "OWGR Board Announce Inclusion of New Tours". OWGR. 15 July 2015.
  2. MoreGolf Mastercard Tour Swedish Golf Federation
  3. "Svenska proffstourerna drar igång" [Swedish pro tours restart]. Svensk Golf. 2 June 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
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  5. "Mats' tuffaste arbetsdag" [Mats' toughest working day]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 11. November 1984. pp. 23–26.
  6. "Facit -85, Swedish Golf Tour". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 12. December 1985. pp. 50–51.
  7. "SGT och Lancome Tour". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 5. May 1985. pp. 152–154.
  8. Jansson, Anders (1979). Golf – Den Gröna Sporten [Golf – the Green Sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 218–221. ISBN 9172603283.
  9. Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf – Den stora sporten [Golf – The Great Sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 42, 242, 274–277. ISBN 91-86818007.
  10. "Tillbaka till framtiden, Telia Infomedia Ranking 1997" [Back to the future, Telia Infomedia Ranking 1997]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 11. November 1997. pp. 100–101, 108.
  11. "Gott Nytt År, Sophie vann men Nina tog priset, Telia Tour Ranking" [Happy new Year, Sophie won but Nina took the price, Telia Tour Ranking]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 11. November 1998. pp. 94–97, 206, 207.
  12. "Äntligen medvind, Telia Tour" [Finally wind with you, Telia Tour]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 11. November 1999. pp. 104–105, 119–120.
  13. "Sahlström tvåa i Swedish Golf Tour" [Sahlström second on the Swedish Golf Tour]. Märsta.nu (in Swedish). Stockholm, Sweden. 12 October 2019.
  14. "Lindberg starkast i säsongsavslutningen" [Lindberg strongest at the season finish]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). 11 October 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  15. "Vad hände sen? Så gick det för tourvinnarna" [What happened then? The way it went for the tour winners]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 1. January 2010. pp. 66–70.
  16. "Tourvinnarna drömmer om Europa" [The tour winners dreams about Europe]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). 2 October 2010. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  17. "Fihn och Davidsson vann tourfinalen" [Fihn and Davidsson won the Tour final]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). 2 October 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  18. "Ramsay och Carlsson finalsegrare" [Ramsay and Carlsson winners of the final]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). 30 September 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  19. "MasterGolf Mastercard Tour, Leaderboard and Ranking, Orders of Merit 2013-2018". Svenska Golfförbundet, Swedish Golf Federation. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
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